“We’re at the pygmy stage of remote control, or telekinesis. We’re reducing the amount of effort to move a mass.”

“The idea of impressing upon the earth American time is fascinating and very likely to become popular.”

“A steel needle, plunged into a nerve, becomes magnetic; and on being withdrawn, it is found to have the power of attracting light substances.”

“Only the very rich in the United States can now afford what all people in poor countries have: personal attention around the deathbed. An American can now spend in two days of private nursing the median yearly cash income of the world’s population.”

“Growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness.”